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Staying on top of the newest techniques, browser updates, and hot topics can be hard. Anselm Hannemann summarized what happened in the web industry in the past few weeks, so you can easily catch up on everything new and important.

(This article is sponsored by Adobe.) A world without icons — is that even possible? After all, icons have been one of the first elements used in the first UIs. Let’s dig deep into why they play an important part in today’s screen design.

Designing interactive prototypes is the best approach to expressing your ideas and explaining them to clients and stakeholders. Learn how to create a mobile app prototype with Framer while also learning some CoffeeScript code.

Introducing the MU-Migration tool, a WP-CLI command that helps developers migrate sites to or between multisite instances. Multisite migrations have various technical complexities, and this tool can help alleviate them.

Did you know that you can incorporate Vue into your project the same way that you would incorporate jQuery — with no build step necessary? Let’s cover some common use cases in jQuery and how we can switch them over to Vue, and why we’d …

What is the best way to deliver real-time updates to your web application in an easy and structured way? Is WebSockets still relevant in the world of HTTP/2? Let’s compare the architectural impact of three different mechanisms.

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Yoav Weiss wants to make the web faster, one perf feature at a time. That’s why he’s been writing, speaking and shaping new web standards and best performance practices, specifically mobile web performance. Among other things, Yoav implemented responsive images in Blink and WebKit. A browser tinkerer who cares about his craft and spends his own time contributing to open source and sharing what he has learned. When not writing code, Yoav’s probably slapping his bass, mowing the lawn in the French countryside, or playing board games with his family. Thanks for your contributions, Yoav!

You need to convert video frames to GIF? Then give Gifski a try. It uses pngquant’s fancy features for efficient cross-frame palettes and temporal dithering. The result are crisp and clear GIFs that use thousands of colors per frame.

Thanks to CSS, the possibilities for typesetting on the web are huge, also when it comes to non-Latin writing systems. In her recent JSConf Asia talk, Huijing Chen dives deep into Eastern typography and how it can inspire.

You need to prepare for a front-end job interview? Then Yangshun Tay’s Front-End Interview Handbook has got your back. The GitHub repository lists all kinds of questions (and answers, of course) on the intricate details of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Also great to test yourself.

To celebrate Black History Month, 28 Days Of The Web recognizes a different black designer, developer, and creative each day throughout February. A great way to discover and connect with talented minds you might not have heard of yet.

Performance matters, and fonts have a significant impact on it. To help you cater for a snappy experience, Zach Leatherman now shares everything you need to know about font loading in his email newsletter fontspeed.

Is your pattern library up to date today? Alla Kholmatova has just finished a fully fledged book on Design Systems and how to get them right. With common traps, gotchas and the lessons she learned. Hardcover, eBook. Just sayin'.